Tina Russell

Tina Russell	Biography Information	Physical Description	Professional Data
	Birthdate: Sep 23, 1948 Born as: Linda Marie Mintzer Birthplace: Williamsport, PA Ethnicity: Caucasian Date of death: May 18, 1981 - age  33 Alias(s): Lina Russell, Dianna Baker, Tina Russel, Diana Baker, Linda Sanduson, Linda Sanderson	Height: 5' 4" (1.63m) Hair color Brunette Eye color: Brown	# Films: (40 per IMDb) IMDB #: 0751477

Tina Russell (September 23, 1948 - May 18, 1981), born Linda Marie Mintzer, was a pioneering adult film actress active in New York City between about 1970 and 1975. She also performed in some of the earliest "live sex shows" to appear in New York in the early-1970s (they actually featured simulated sex). Russell was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

In the late-1960s, she married photographer John Sanderson, later called Jason Russell, and the couple moved to New York City, where Linda enrolled in New York University. Under the pseudonyms Jason and Tina Russell, the couple began their film careers appearing in short, pornographic "loops" which were shown in peepshows in New York's Times Square. They appeared in a number of "marriage manual" films during the early-1970s and Tina Russell was a featured actress in some of the earliest hardcore pornographic feature films to be produced in New York.

Sometime in the mid-1970s, the Russell's relationship came to an end. Tina became depressed and an alcoholic. She was visiting her brother in San Diego in May 1981 when she collapsed and was hospitalized. She died several days later of renal failure. Russell is buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Montoursville, Pennsylvania, under her real name.

In 1985, Russell was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame.

External links

• Tina Russell at the Internet Movie Database

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